GissaMittJobb
@GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
- Comment on First sodium battery urban e-bike offers 45-mile range and operates in cold weather without capacity loss 2 weeks ago:
As far as I know (which is not a lot in this case), salt isn’t really harvested from desalination, and instead the concentrated salt solution (brine) gets deposited back into the ocean, where it can be damaging to marine life in the vicinity of the plant.
- Comment on Neighbours are eligible for FTTP, but I'm not - only options wait and hope or pay? 2 weeks ago:
You could perhaps convince them that it’s an investment that would increase the value of the property.
- Comment on Trump Says He Wants No Wind Turbines Built During Administration 3 weeks ago:
What a fucking loser.
Literally the cheapest energy. The fall of the American empire is truly going to be accelerated under this massive clown
- Comment on Germany hits 62.7% renewables in 2024 energy mix, with solar contributing 14% 3 weeks ago:
There’s no sense in spending limited public funding on nuclear now - renewables and storage is winning on all fronts.
Shutting down what nuclear existed was a costly mistake, but going down that path again is an even worse one
- Comment on heat your body, not your house -- using an infrared heat lamp 4 weeks ago:
What kind of indoor temperatures are you hitting for it to be that cold for you? You probably want to make sure you’re not running low enough temperatures to allow mold to set in, fwiw.
Regardless, if this is something you want to do, have you covered your bases, wearing a bae layer + wool sweater/socks/cap + maybe fingerless gloves?
- Comment on End of Russian gas via Ukraine sparks unease in eastern Europe 4 weeks ago:
Slovakia’s leader Robert Fico – one of the Kremlin’s few allies within the EU – has cried foul over Kyiv’s decision, travelling to Moscow to meet Putin in response.
Cope and seethe, honestly. You’ve been given ample time to transition, your failure to act accordingly is not the responsibility of someone else.
- Comment on If we eat three meals a day, why do we poop only once? 4 weeks ago:
Society must have taught me poorly because I poop at work as frequently as my body tells me to
- Comment on ‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off 1 month ago:
Given the higher cooling demands during summer in more and more places, awnings are a good idea. These are specifically designed to capture the sunlight, hence it would perhaps follow that making these solar panels would be a good idea - solar awnings.
- Comment on ‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off 1 month ago:
They are still illegal in Sweden, unfortunately. Hopefully we get some movement on the subject soon.
- Comment on Quick, break its legs! 2 months ago:
- Comment on Solar modules now selling for less than €0.06/W in Europe 2 months ago:
Also when you account for those batteries the cost is going to shift a bit.
You better be bringing units if you’re going to be claiming this.
Still almost a third of the LCOE of nuclear when storage is added: statista.com/…/global-levelized-cost-of-energy-co…
Given that both solar and storage costs are trending downwards while nuclear is not, this basically kills any argument for nuclear in the future. It’s not viable on its face - renewables + storage is the definitive future.
- Comment on The return of Trump means Britain must rethink its defence strategy – and role in the world 2 months ago:
Imagine the cost of changing the entire road network over to use metric.
Here’s a zero-cost plan to migrate the road network over to metric: have a transition period where signs may be shown in either unit, then require all replacement signs to be shown as metric. Since all signs must eventually be replaced, over a long enough period of time the whole network will become metric without any marginal cost increase.
The only downside is that for a time, people have to understand both units and how they relate to each other.
- Comment on What should I bring to far-north Scandinavia? 2 months ago:
Layers - get a good base layer, merino wool is the gold standard for these. You also want to get a neck gaiter, plus some merino wool socks, and some kind of cap. These will keep you warm and dry throughout most cold weather. Add more layers on top when outside, and remember to remove layers proactively if you feel yourself starting to sweat - it’s never a good idea to be wet in cold weather. The base layer will make physical exertion a pretty hot affair quite fast, so you’d be surprised how fast the sweat starts pouring.
- Comment on Spotify’s Plans For AI Generated Music, Podcasts, and Recommendations, According To Its Co-President, CTO, and CPO Gustav Söderström 2 months ago:
ITT: People who did not read the article and just shot from the hip
- Comment on Magic Mineral 3 months ago:
As I’ve understood it, the problem is primarily for the people having to manufacture products using it, and at rest it’s supposed to be inert.
- Comment on Explains a lot... 3 months ago:
Ain’t no glitch to go fast my man. Dudes not even going out of bounds
- Comment on Explains a lot... 3 months ago:
Colon any% no major glitches
- Comment on Br*t*sh 3 months ago:
🤢 Br*tish “people” 🤮
- Comment on ‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating 3 months ago:
Running a thermostat 15-30 minutes before the hot water is needed would only consume electricity if the water is not already hot. You probably want a well insulated accumulator tank with one of these systems to not lose the energy produced as well.
- Comment on ‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating 3 months ago:
So I actually have experience with these in the north of Sweden - they are definitely more efficient in summer, but do provide some amount of hot water as well in winter on days with clear sky (of which there are few).
On the topic of using this for heating in the Mediterranean - I don’t think that’s where you want to invest, installing underfloor heating in one of those houses. That will cost some serious money. It’s probably wiser to spend it making the home less prone to get cold/hot using insulation in that case. I will admit to being out of my depth when it comes to optimizing buildings for hot climates though
- Comment on ‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating 3 months ago:
Wouldn’t places with good conditions for solar heating generally not need the underfloor heating for the season when the solar heating is most effective?
This has been my impression, and why solar heating is most useful for heating water.
- Comment on Lifeprotip 3 months ago:
Nature’s pocket
- Comment on Balatro is now out on Mobile. Humanity is doomed. 3 months ago:
Gotcha!
Well, I’m not in a Balatro-period right now, but when the itch comes back I’ll probably buy it for mobile as well.
Are you aware of any platform affordances that have been made for mobile in this release, or is it basically the same as the unofficial ports you can DIY?
- Comment on Balatro is now out on Mobile. Humanity is doomed. 3 months ago:
Doesn’t quite seem to be out on Android yet, at least not in my market. I could pre-register and have it download automatically when it’s out, though.
It didn’t list a price and said there was an in-app purchase, anyone know what that’s about? Will I be able to use the copy I bought for PC or what?
Anyway, this is great. Granted, I’ve been playing Balatro on mobile for many months already, but an officially supported version is even better.
- Comment on Preference 4 months ago:
Medicine generally comes in blister packs here to avoid accidental injury/death. Big bottles of medicines are just simply not a thing here, regardless of vendor.
- Comment on TV has failed us by not making a show about catching foriegn state actors and other online trolls in the act. 4 months ago:
Ah shit, my bad. Will update my comment.
I believe they whined about something about the deep state being against them though, so I guess I connected the dots where no connection existed.
- Comment on TV has failed us by not making a show about catching foriegn state actors and other online trolls in the act. 4 months ago:
There was a lot of talk about it in the news, and the right wing party did distance itself from some of the elements of the operation. Mostly they played the fake news card though, and essentially claimed that the deep state was against them - because the investigation came from the Swedish state media company.
They also had a lackluster election result (EU elections) right after, but who knows how much impact this thing had, if any.
Anyway, basically all of them are still in their jobs and they are actively taking a shit down the throats of the Swedish population, as they are currently in the majority block of the government and can as such get a lot of their politics through.
- Comment on Fuck 4 months ago:
Just hit them with a PepeHands or a ikftb and you’re golden honestly
- Comment on YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers 5 months ago:
I’m sure they make enough money to not care. Being in the part of the company that brings in the dough is generally a pretty good position to be in as well.
- Comment on How exactly does one eat 1500 calories a day? 5 months ago:
So first off, I don’t think you should bring the laws of physics into conversations of how human bodies store fat. I know it’s tempting - I’ve been there before - but it’s just too reductive to be useful in the conversation, and it leads to generally poor conclusions.
While it’s true that energy cannot be ‘conjured from nothing’ - human bodies don’t quite work on a fixed energy in/out model. They can be variably efficient in how much energy is required to perform certain tasks, and secondary systems can be turned off when the need to conserve energy becomes apparent (leptin is the signaling mechanism for this).
The main mechanisms that cause rebound weight gain after sharp dieting is a reduction in passive energy needs stemming from the change in leptin levels, along with leptins very strong effect on appetite.
I suggest to you, and anyone still under the impression that CICO is a useful model for understanding human metabolism, to read the book The Hungry Brain. It’s hugely useful for gaining greater insight into the subject.